Kelly Chiavaro
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-03) 3 July 1996
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Colgate Raiders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 Maccabi Emek Hefer
2021 Napoli
2022 Flamengo
2023 Botafogo
International career‡
2022 Italy National Beach Soccer
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2022

Kelly Chiavaro (born July 3, 1996) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Brasilerio Feminino Série A1 Club Botafogo. She was capped by the Italy women's national beach soccer team.

College career

In 2016, Chiavaro joined Colgate Raiders in the United States.[1][2] Chiavaro appeared in 65 games during her four-year college career at Colgate University, recording 270 saves and 17 shutouts. In her Junior year in 2018 she was named Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year.[3]

Club career

In 2020, she signed for Maccabi Emek Hefer WFC of the Israel Football Association's (IFA) top league in Israel, the Israeli Premier League.[4][5]

In 2021, she joined Italian Club Napoli which competes in the Italian top flight, Serie A.[6][7][8]

In 2022, Chiavaro signed for Brazilian club CR Flamengo.[9][10] On April 13, 2023 it was announced that Chiavaro signed with Botafogo, also competing in the Brasilerio Feminino Série A1.[11]

International career

Chiavaro holds dual nationality, Canadian and Italian. In 2022 while playing for Napoli, she was capped by the Italy women's national beach soccer team.[12] She took part in the European Beach Soccer Cup. The competition took place in Nazaré, Portugal.[13]

Personal life

Chiavaro is in a relationship with Argentine footballer Sole Jaimes.[14] The pair met in Italy where they both played soccer for Napoli. In September 2023, the couple announced they were expecting a baby girl in February 2024.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Kelly Chiavaro's Journey To Becoming A Pro Goalkeeper For Napoli Femminile". worldfootballindex.com.
  2. ↑ "une Québécoise au Brésil". journaldemontreal.com.
  3. ↑ "Kelly Chiavaro - Women's Soccer". Colgate University Athletics. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "KELLY CHIAVARO: "TRA USA E CANADA C'È UN SOGNO CHIAMATO ITALIA"". calciofemminileita7.wixsite.com.
  5. ↑ "Kelly Chiavaro: "Un'americana in Israele sognando l'Italia e la Serie A"". app.tuttocalciofemminile.com.
  6. ↑ "Kelly, dal Napoli Femminile al beach soccer: "Sono a casa"". ilmattino.it.
  7. ↑ "Interview With Kelly Chiavaro - Napoli Femminile Keeper". /calcioconnection.podbean.com.
  8. ↑ "Interview with Napoli Femminile goalie Kelly Chiavaro". spreaker.com.
  9. ↑ "Entrevue Kelly Chiavaro". YouTube.
  10. ↑ "EP. 14 - Kelly Chiavaro". anchor.fm.
  11. ↑ "Botafogo". www.botafogo.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  12. ↑ "Kelly Chiavaro". Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  13. ↑ archysport (31 July 2022). "Soccer | International: a Quebecer in Brazil". Archysport. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  14. ↑ "Le Brésil de Pelé vu par une Québécoise".
  15. ↑ "La historia de Soledada Jaimes, la futbolista argentina que está embarazada y sigue entrenando en su club". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.


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